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YSaC, Vol. LXVII

3 lacawates valtrus-suka–update 10/4–only 2 left

i have 4 of these, if interested email for address(value of these-well you know)these are still in good oncdition,they are free for the taking
sorry no pic camera is brocken
only 3 now
updated sat morning,now theres only 2 available –i mite keep one

I have no idea what this is, but I really, really want one.

And, as it turns out, it’s a Googlewhack — if you Google for “lacawates valtrus-suka” to find out what it is, you get exactly one result — the original Craigslist ad. Of course, now you’re likely to get this page as well.

(*Hello, everyone who arrived here from trying to figure out what a lacawates valtrus-suka is!*)

I love this part: “(value of these-well you know)”. No, sorry, I don’t know, I don’t even know what you’re selling. But considering the horrible spelling in the rest of the post, I’m guessing it could be just about anything.

I also had to laugh at this: when I Googled lacawates valtrus-suka, Google asked “Did you mean: cacawates valtrus-suka?”, and when I clicked on that- NO RESULTS!! Google, you’re so helpful.

I couldn’t find anything for that phrase but I did find a band called Cacawates on MySpace. I also found some other videos on YouTube labeled Los Cacawates but since the descriptions and spoken languate is Spanish, I’m not sure what they are about. I couldn’t figure out what the heck valtrus-suka meant.

Either option is a reasonable bet since the spelling resembles that of most MySpace users (Cacawates), or lacawates could be a contraction formed by an ESL writer for L’acawates (Los Cacawates) although I have never seen that before.

As it turns out, it’s NOT a Googlewhack. To be a legal Googlewhack, you must enter 2 real words (they must individually link to a definition) that together return exactly one hit. Made up words don’t count. Sorry.

A suka is the Russian word for bitch (slang). I don’t know whether this site has a cuss-guard, but in case the word is bleeped out, it rhymes with hitch. I am every bit as stumped as to the other two words… Maybe it’s a new language… like when cartoon characters do something screwy and they say things like “lacawaca-waca-waca…” Perhaps he is selling a cartoon bitch?

I suspect it refers to lacquerware, especially as specific types are usually referred to by their Japanese or Burmese names (like tsuikin), but Lord knows there’s no way to tell now. I can only regret I didn’t get a chance at my very own lacawate valtrus-suka. :c

My Guess: the dork sounded out the botanical name of an indian/african mint hybrid (meaning the plant, not the sweets):
Leonotis (nepetifolia) Baltru-Suka
A red-blooming hybrid of a perennial medicinal herb, grows to about 3m, blooms July to October. Named after the native gardener that bred it – so valtru-suka might be a valid transcription.

For a healthy plant you’d get about $10 – 30.
My mother loved them, had some varieties.

Sorry to spoil the fun – I really lmao reading that and all your comments – but deciphering strangly spelled zoological/botanical names is a knee-jerk reaction with me.

but aren’t we giving this CL poster waaaay too much credit? i don’t mean to be prejudiced against people who post CL ads that are THIS bad, but what are the odds someone who can’t spell “broken” is hanging onto some fancy gem of a plant AND knows what it is called. sort of.

**motions for posters stuck in the deep dark bowels archives of YSaC to come into the Snark Lounge currently located in the June 2010 wing. Y’know, where there’s more than just the occasional regular showing up to check if anyone has solved an ancient mystery, and there are few spiders. But there are more zomb

Astrognash, I love when people go read old posts! I love it even more when they read old posts and comment — and hopefully, when they then start commenting on the current posts because they recognize all the in-jokes/memes/stupid things that go on around here.

Steph, if you go to the forums, under the ysac memes you can find the source of Corey. As an aside, one of the things I remember about Corey was that really we were nice to him, and tried to be helpful. He just didn’t want to play along.

Steph, seeing as I’m replying to your question more than three years later, you may never see this comment. I found the definition of [Corey] on Urban Dictionary. It’s useful for figuring out what most of the acronyms used, such as BBW, M4W and gl, mean. [In my defense, I've never read any "Personals" ads before.] I hope this helps.